One hour before nightfall, the southern mountains of the Sky Star Destiny Desert were the flagship of the First Legion.

This is a land aircraft carrier with a slightly smaller size than the [Sandstorm-class mothership]. It is equipped with a more expensive anti-gravity engine set. At the cost of weakening some production capacity, it greatly improves its own firepower and maneuverability.

This mothership is expensive, and even the first legion with many talents can only afford the expenses of one warship of this type in the end.

In addition, the First Legion was equipped with a large number of conventional warships, which were far more numerous than other legions, and was a thoroughly strengthened fleet.

For example, the First Legion has 4 honor ships signed by Carac Heavy Industry; the First Legion, which once appeared in the hands of Hurricane City in Northern, also has two warships of the same class of this model.

As for conventional artillery cruisers like the Saber, there are as many as double-digit numbers, while the rest of the support ships, logistics ships, and light armed vehicles are more.

With its 20,000 troops, the First Legion amazingly supported a terrifying fleet of nearly 100 main battleships and over 500 small ships.

This is an amazing scale and achievement, and is definitely a well-deserved first among all the forces of refugees that have come.

However, considering that the First Legion is the essence of the military and the gathering of internal strong men, such a result will occur, it seems that it is not unacceptable.

At the same time, thanks to this fleet here, otherwise no one would have had the courage to face the vast sea of ​​insects.

"Report the situation of each department."

On the flagship bridge, Zhong Mingzhao stood tall in front of the holographic sand table with his hands on his back.

Among the people around him, a confidential staff officer immediately stepped forward and pointed to the sand table and explained:

"Since the reconnaissance information was sent back, we had contacted the insect tide one hour later and had fierce firefights until now, the situation of the war is still stalemate.

Our fleet is now arranged in three directions, relying on three valleys and surrounding mountains to deal with the Zerg troops.

My left-wing fleet is at the pass of [Wind Crying Rock], and the right-wing fleet is at the pass of [Sandidi Gorge], resolutely blocking the enemy's detours and preventing a large number of enemy troops from surrounding our central [Gate of Hell] main position.

The narrow terrain of Fengchui Rock and Sandie Gorge can effectively hinder the development of conventional enemy troops and create favorable conditions for our firepower blockade.

However, the enemy's air force is too strong and our side cannot obtain air supremacy, which has led to the insecurity of our two wings being in a difficult situation due to insufficient firepower and lack of fire environment. We have retreated 1.2 kilometers and 1.4 kilometers respectively.

The two squadron commanders are relying on the mountains at this time, and the canyon is struggling with the enemy air force. If we cannot solve the fatal threat from the air in a short time, our two-wing front will be broken through by the enemy."

After the explanation, the staff officer looked at the ugly faces of the crowd around him, sighed and continued:

"The [Gate of Hell] base where our main fleet is located is the most tragic area for the exchange of fire.

Although the Gate of Hell is also a pass, it is more spacious and flat than the passes on both sides, and can meet the needs of large Zerg units.

Over the past month, the First Legion has built a temporary base at the Gate of Hell, so our main fleet can rely on the base's firepower to defend and temporarily resist the main attack of the enemy troops.

To sum up, although our current defense line is temporarily stable, it has already lacked flexibility.

Once the enemy continues to increase pressure, or there is a gap in our defense supply, then...

This will be a tragic defeat!”

The staff officer ignored the faces of the bosses around him and finally made a very pessimistic judgment. Then he saluted and silently retreated to the team.

"The battle situation is like you heard, tell me, your own opinions."

Zhong Mingzhao looked around and said calmly and majestic.

In fact, he had already been familiar with the situation on the battlefield. The reason why he asked the staff to summarize it again was to let the leaders who came to reinforce the reinforcements understand.

Not all legions tend to be separated. Under the convening of Zhong Mingzhao, a large number of nearby friendly troops came to participate in this extremely dangerous battle.

Of course, Wu Jie who came from the north was naturally among these generals. As for whether there are any guys like Wu Jie who are full of bad water, it is hard to guess.

"Our combat experience on Earth tells us that air supremacy and battlefield transparency are crucial to victory, but in the Sky Star, the battlefield environment is too cruel for us on the human side.

Even with the existence of a void sensor, its smaller detection range is still difficult to grasp the battlefield situation, and only local defense can be achieved.

Therefore, we must find a new source of battlefield intelligence, otherwise we will be dragged to death by the endless Zergs!”

Yue Fang, the commander of the 3rd Legion, said worriedly, and immediately nodded and agreed with the people around him.

"Um."

Zhong Mingzhao nodded without objection. Although Yue Fang was right, he had no constructive opinions, which meant he didn't say anything.

"I think we should consider the issue of supply. If this war continues like this, how long can we last?"

Chen Wu, the commander of the 7th Legion, frowned and threw inquiring eyes at Zhong Mingzhao.

"From the current intensity, I can hold on for three days. If there is additional supplies, it will be calculated."

Zhong Mingzhao thought about it and gave a relatively optimistic answer. In fact, any accident will lead to a significant shortening of this time.

In fact, three days are not long, not to mention that it is possible to collapse at any time.

The generals looked very good after hearing this, for no reason, because it was really hard to see hope for victory in this battle, and it was not for them to be so pessimistic.

"I don't think it's much more to stay here and fight the Zerg. Our current advantage is exchanged for countless compatriots with their lives. We shouldn't be here for those irrelevant people!"

Suddenly, a sound that sounded very magnetic but with a cold tone rang out in the crowd.

Zhong Mingzhao looked coldly and set his eyes on an ordinary young man.

The young man is neither tall nor short, his eyes seem to be able to pierce someone else's heart, and his face always shows a confident and cold smile, as if he is always thinking about the tricks of the Yin people, and he looks like he is about to succeed.

This person is the commander of the Second Corps, Wu Jie.

In order to maintain his majesty, the generals around him usually choose a more mature middle-aged face from the oracle, but Wu Jie is extremely alternative. He chose himself in his youth without hesitation, so he seemed a little out of place with everyone around him.

Wu Jie's words made the other generals who had no chance of winning a lot of shaken. They looked at each other, as if they wanted to get a consensus from others.

"Captain Wu, the sacrifice of our army is not meaningless.

To put it bluntly, our persistence and sacrifice can provide warning and preparation time for the surviving humans in the rear.

If you think it is more important to take into account yourself, then this battle will also increase our experience in dealing with the Zerg in the future, hone the team, and master first-hand detailed information.

You should know that the Zerg's offensive must have been stronger than the other. Now it is better to lose some personnel and equipment than to lose all the troops when facing stronger enemies in the future.

Not to mention that the Oracle is very supportive of this battle. The mission rewards we received during this period were far more than before, and the purchase permissions were upgraded.

Moreover, once we successfully repel this wave of Zerg, we will not only gain breathing time, but also increase our Chinese prestige among human refugees and add voice to the establishment of future alliances.

Commander Wu, you are too concerned about temporary gains and losses."

Zhong Mingzhao's face was calm and he refuted Wu Jie with confidence.

"Haha, the commander really has a long-term vision, and I just feel sorry for the soldiers below. Our perspectives are different."

Wu Jie's smile remained unchanged, and he took the opportunity to make a compromise. By the way, he also casually established his image of loving soldiers like a son, and secretly stepped on Zhong Mingzhao.

"In addition, I have a solution to Commander Chen Wu's concerns."

"Then Commander Wu, please tell me!"

Chen Wu, who was worried about logistics, immediately asked.

"As far as I understand, our country has sent an advance team to Sky Star in advance, and they are doing well now!"

Wu Jie smiled coldly, "They have an early advantage and control a very good underground logistics base, which is very large in scale.

I had wanted to meet with them and run the foundation, but the other party seemed to be unwilling to do so and used many excuses to shirk it away.

I think that as a military-funded pathfinder, the advance team should be subject to military control and do everything possible to help the military.

In fact, this advance team not only did not help, but also refused to share the strategic base. With their number, it was completely impossible to support the operation of the strategic base, which was extremely wasteful.

I think this kind of parochial thought and separation tendency must be corrected!"

Wu Jieyi said in a righteous statement that it seemed to be helping Chen Wu propose a solution to the logistics problem, but in fact he sued the advance team secretly, which was very bad.

Sure enough, after listening to Wu Jie's obvious bias, the generals around him were filled with righteous indignation, and their favorability for the advance team plummeted.

"Since that's the case, I'll send someone to take over the advance team's base and then hand it over to the military court for trial!"

The more radical generals made a direct suggestion, while the more mild generals hurriedly advised:

"Don't rush to make a conclusion first. There may be some misunderstandings here. After all, the advance team has arrived a month ago, so there may be any hidden secrets here!"

"The problem is that it comes a month first. Can you be sure they haven't changed their position during this month?"

The radical generals retorted relentlessly, "And we are fighting to death here, and they don't even send someone to see him. Are you pretending to die on purpose?"

"This...you have to believe that General Zhang of the advance team is a veteran of the army and will not ignore the overall situation so much..."

The moderates didn't know how to explain, so they had to carry Zhang Chaozhong out.

"Hmph, General Zhang is worthy of respect, but let's not talk about whether he will be weak when he grows old. What if General Zhang dies or is usurped by his subordinates?"

Seeing that the two sides were in a further quarrel, Zhong Mingzhao snorted coldly and scolded: "Enough! What about your qualities as senior generals!"

Zhong Mingzhao's prestige in the army was still enough. As soon as he spoke, all the immature generals were stopped and bowed their heads and stopped talking.

"Wu Jie, you just made a very serious accusation. I'm asking you now, are you heard from me, or are there any evidence? You must be responsible for what you say!"

Zhong Mingzhao stared at Wu Jie seriously, and he had already felt something.

"Haha, there are some evidence, such as the general information of that base, let's take a look."

Wu Jie said, taking out an information memory and handing it to the staff officer next to him.

The information was released soon, and everyone was immediately attracted by the magnificent underground shipyard of such a large scale. The frivolous generals had a tendency to attack, but were immediately forced back by Zhong Mingzhao's stern eyes.

"Wu Jie, this information doesn't explain much. And according to your statement, since the advance team tends to be separated, it is impossible to give you detailed information about the base. This information is too detailed."
To be continued...